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Yesterday was a great day in Victoria for two reasons. One, we finally saw one of Victoria’s aging brown coal fired power plants shut down at Anglesea. And two, we saw that communities, when united, are an unstoppable force and that their will will always prevail.

The closure came off the back of a strong community led campaign in response to Alcoa’s attempts to sell the aging plant. Friends of the Earth campaigner, Leigh Ewbank summed it up well, stating “The Anglesea community’s campaign effectively made this polluting coal plant a stranded asset. Coal operators must be wondering which coal-affected community will be next to revoke the social licence.”

But where to next? One down, four to go! There are still four more aging brown coal dinosaurs in Victoria that need to be retired – with businesses, communities and governments needing to work together to find a way for a just transition in these coal affected areas to new, clean manufacturing and renewable energy job opportunities.

1. Hazelwood

This dinosaur started out life in 1964 and is often touted as the dirtiest coal fired plant in Australia. In 2009, over 500 people descended on the plant calling for it to switch off, and switch on renewables. Since then, the destructive fires of early 2014 have led local group Voices of the Valley to express real concerns about the health impacts of the coal plant and mine’s continued existence in their area.

4. Loy Yang B

The newest of the plants built in the 80’s, this plant, along with it’s sister plant Loy Yang A, emits 14.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. Back in 2007 activists locked themselves to conveyor belts for several hours at the Loy Yang complex.